St. Landry democrat., 1887-09-24

similar to the increase which 10 pro,
duced by "watered" stock. He showed
how this was done under the present
methods Of assessing property ID lne
citv of New Orleans. The facts lndI-
Gated that the boosted prosperity as
shown in increased assessment was not
real, but was
PROOF OF TIE TERRIBLE INCUBUS
which the present state government IS
placing on the people. Ihe TRENDS OF
the administration considered III treason
to critlciSe the present government. III
Ascension 4 newspaper was selItu anu
suppressed on account OF its advocacy
of General Nichols. 4 similar instance
occurred in Shreveport with reference
to the Shreveport Times.
The people will put stop to TINS
state Of things by changing governors
Il:reat applause.l They will choose
Francis II. Nichols as governor LAP,
plause.I The charges against nm Will
recOil on his assallants. EApplauseI.
Colonel Iachar!e, VINO was d STATE
senator in 1871 narrated some events OF
that period which supported the asser-
ton that it was tire sagaclty ana tiFm-
ness of Governor Nichols that redeemed
the state from radical rule. j ne
speaker CorrobOrated Judge Nhites
statement that the Democratic caucus
had not declared lis views definitely on
the matter of the movement on Tue
court buildings, andithat Governor
Nichols had dcterlnlned the question
himself Colonel Iacharle sand ne was
not in the habit of replying to CHARGES
made against General Nichols. as ms
whole lite WAS q refutatlOn ot them.
Colonel Xacharie SAID: "l5uln0r mas II
that
MAJOR /. u. MOORE.
formerly aiile-de- camp on the personal
staff of General Nichols and for a While
acting as his private secretary, Is the per
| son who has been making use OF these
letters to the uetrlnent of Als OLD chef
| should be very sorry TO believe mat
| this report was true, because any u'li-
| taTy man knows the Intimate, cGrd!at
| and confidential relations which exist
| between an aIdc-d e-camp, member OF
! the personal staff. and the commander.
| betve cen whom there should exist tue
| same sacred confidence as between the
| governor and hlS private secretary l
| would be sorry to think that Major
! Moore would De. guilty Of AZ oilenSe Tor
| which in any military body he would
| be placed in coventry, and not an officer
| who wore a sword would ho!u comlnt-
! nIcatiOn or conversation with nm.
The speaker proposed to read letter
from Colonel |. w. Patton, who was
adjutant general al rue time. In justice
| TO Major Moore aud Captain LOUIS
Griuu he desired to make . correction
in it which he was satisfied Colonel
| Patton WOuid willingly make II presen &
| CAPTAIN GuIOn wished him state tua'
| Colonel Patton was mlstas III statihe
the language of MAJOR Nc .r, hu sac
that lit would be as ba0 lror&AnlZlnt
Z Ian Ttili
person TO whom it WAS spsAJH construed
| IL as meaning that II re- '-fcu 10 TIT
organization OF future colnpal e.. 1t
language could be as well INTERPRETED
as referring to the future as IL the last
| Colonel Iacharie read
THE FOLLOWING LETTER.:
NEW ORLEANS, Sept. n. 1>>,.
| Canaan Louis Gulon: Dear Captain
| In yUur letters to me, you have State'
| that Mr.. Moore has two letters from ME
| dated respectively the lth and Eth o
Nav. 1871, which he has exhibited t
people. pledging them 30 secrecy, an
thar he has made statements TO tnel
based upon the evidence OF THESE let
tiers. th?ft Nichols intended then, ant
! intends now should he be elected gov
ernor, to organize negro militia colhpa
MES and AtriCanlZe the state.
In q community where GoVernC
Nichols IS SO well known. aud anon
whose people he was brought up, sue
2 statement carries with 1t IT'S own Eel |
sation, his whole life furnishing
emphat lCa! denial to such calumnV a
! that put in circulation by MI. Noort
II he shows two letters why does 4
not show the whole correspondence. {
At least The third letter which | wrot
: him upon the same subject, marked
That would certainly be tho cours
; which a gentleman would pursue.
| NAV be TOO much to expect from IL
| author of this SANDER.
| was personally and officially IL
( | innate with Governor Nichols at thu
t time. and | know that both IN regard
3 his civil and military action, he rs
} bnt one hope and one aim, and the
i, were conferred upon the peace and hal
| piness of his state and people. ther
fore denounce the statement which &c
| say has been made by Dir. Moore as
3 willful and malicious lie.
= Twill say in answer to your lnuulT
: that during his incumbency OF the Off
of sgovernor no colored militia compaI
was ever created or reorganiZed: Ii
t only negro company, of which | ha7
: any knowledge, that has existed SIN
t that period is q company of voluntee
: in this city, called the "Larende
!. Rifles" organized IN 1881, and to W no
q state arms were issued, many Of Whlt
: were lost to the state.
i Make any use of this letter while
= YOU and the other gentlemen may thu
: necessary, but. at all events. show it
T Mr.. Moore. Very truly. your friend.
: !. w. PATTON.
COLONEL ZACHARIE
e | then read copies of correspondence
@ 1877 between Adjutant General Patti
/, and Major Moore on the subject OF t
q | arms. The substance Of the matte
Q | said Colonel Zacharie, was this: tn
n Major Moore called on Colonel Patio
IS and from the conversation Colonel Pa
n ton drew the inference that lot OF pl
n vate individuals in the parish OF l.
10 fouche had state arms ID their possesslo
II and that they were using them tsr Int
l. private purposes. Colonel Patton,
d was his duty as adjutant general, loo
ing upon these men as private lndlVl
:, mails without connection with the sta
q militia, ordered Major Moore to collie
n the arms.
i, u Messrs. Crozier and Como came
q New Orleans and Informed Govern
e Nichols and Colonel Patton that the
people were part of the organll
q militia and mustered into SERVE
! Under the circumstances the. govern
"a "a was powerless to disband them. /
= sneaker quoted the law bearing on t.
a subject. He remarked he had been !
", Va formed that the company in questI
AZ continued in possession of the arms
r. =. to 1881, under Wilt and McEnery.
II Although by the muster rolls the CO.
n pany was mustered into service Mar
a q 81, 1874. and its five years service und
,r the law expired on March 20, 1879.
should have been mustered OUT OF 8
! ~ J,r,f ltol0nat IAnhATle
~ that he had been thismorning inform
10 in Thibodaux that the company &C
"a timed its existence until 1881 unc
al Governors Witt and McEnery; and
i. the arms were lost it was to
N attributed to the later governors.